Hi, everyone. I am planning on building a computer later this summer and I expect a budget of around $850. The problem is that this will be my first time building a computer and I have no experience picking out parts to make my computer have the most bang for its buck. I would appreciate it if someone was able to help me plan my build.
Here is the information that might help:
I already have peripherals, I plan on using this as a gaming PC for games on the caliber of DayZ (I don't care whether or not I am running max settings as long as FPS is around 40), I do not plan on overclocking, I live in the United States, I do not plan on watercooling.
I haven't purchased an operating system yet but I know I want to use Windows 7 64 bit.
Thanks in advance for all help provided! :)
congratulations on building your first computer i know that it is a wonderful experience. Newegg made a series of very comprehensive videos to which i will link down below. as for picking the parts out pc part picker is a really good tool that can help optimize your pc for the amount of money that you will have. once you have the parts that you think you want, share it on the forum and we would be willing to give our recommendations and opinions based on our experiences.
http://pcpartpicker.com/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPIXAtNGGCw
Hello and welcome to the community :) This would be my suggestion for you: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/LjPw7P
The parts I picked perform great in modern games and will give you very good performance and in a nice small package.
I kept in mind that you didn't want to overclock soi choce parts that aren't designed for overclocking, but perform great.
I also included OS in the build, as you said you need one. And an SSD where you can put your OS and a couple of games so you will have nice and quick access to them.
Hope I helped and have a great time building your PC :)
Is it really worth getting the Caviar Black over a Caviar Blue? I mean the price difference isn't huge but it is ~$15 or so. I suppose the budget did allow for it, so I don't see why not.
+1 for this build.
I think i went like 15$ over the budget, so if it is nessessary, the HDD could be swapped to a WD blue or Seagate barracuda 1 TB :)
Thanks for the help, guys! I will certainly consider this build when I am ready to start.
About 6 months ago, I actually got help from a different forum in recommending a $1,000 gaming PC. Could you guys tell me what you think of it and whether or not this would still be a viable build? Six months have passed so are there any parts that are now more cost effective?
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/2w90o
Nope.
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/TLZhK8
Here. Unlocked i5 so you can OC and some other changes.
OR
Go AMD and get a fast system with an SSD
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/ycwx23
With DayZ and it's crappy multithreading, Intel would probably be the way to go. I also don't really see the point of getting a K CPU as OP isn't looking into overclocking.
Thanks for the info. The only thing I would change is that I would get windows 7 not 8.1
Would that cause any compatibility issues?
Yes DayZ is poorly optimized but an 8350 and a good GPU will have no issues running it. I don't play the game personally because I think it is shit but I have run it before on my system with an 8350 and it runs fine. I have even run it on an old Athlon II and it is fine. It may run better on the i5 but you get more with the 8350 based system. It seems silly to me to base an entire computer off of one multiplayer game which will prob be empty in a year or two.
No you could use Windows 7 just fine but really if you are building a new system I'd recommend Windows 8.1.
http://pcpartpicker.com/p/WPNKcf For a DayZ build you want Intel. DayZ and Arma are poorly threaded so the better core performance of Intel beats AMD by a long shot. I also put the R9 290 in there instead of the Gtx 770 because it's a lot better card for that kind of money.
I'd just go Xeon 1230-V3 so you get the core performance of the I5, the threads of the 8350 but the locked multiplier that he doesn't care about anyways :p
That is another option especially as he doesn't wanna OC. I love my Xeon it is so tasty yummm
Looking back I probably should have used a Xeon and A R9 290 in my build :(
Ehh. I have both the 8350 and the Xeon and they are nearly identical except in stuff with poor optimization like DayZ. Even then though the 8350 isn't horribly slower and it and the 8320 are still amazing from a price to performance perspective.
Pretty sexy, but a bit over budget.
http://toptengamer.squidoo.com/build-a-max-settings-1000-gaming-pc will be good then if you're concerned with budget. As the name suggests this person has parts you can use together that will cost you about 1k as a whole. I'm also building a PC right now and I found his advice very helpful.
Hey man heres an ~$850 build http://pcpartpicker.com/p/VdBmFT
and a ~$1000 build http://pcpartpicker.com/p/tJ6hmG
Both really good and not all that much different save fort the gpu and psu.